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    3. 堅

    堅

    堅かた.い

    strict

    N1KMT8Freq #1049Core ConceptsKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かた.い-がた.い

    On'yomi

    ケン

    Nanori

    きん

    stricthardsolidtoughtightreliable

    土

    臣
    又
    土

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    堕塁堡慳樫鰹報鏗堕塞塁

    Concepts using this kanji

    中堅

    nucleus

    堅持

    holding on to

    堅調

    firm (market)

    堅実

    steady

    手堅い

    sound

    堅固

    solid

    堅守

    strong defense

    堅気

    honest

    中堅手

    center fielder

    堅人

    square

    米利堅

    America

    中堅企業

    medium-sized enterprise (business, firm)

    口堅い

    discreet

    口が堅い

    tight-lipped

    口の堅い

    tight-lipped

    堅州国

    underworld

    堅木

    hardwood

    堅信

    confirmation (rite)

    身持ちの堅い女

    chaste woman

    堅い商売

    sound business

    堅強

    robust

    堅物

    straight-laced person

    物堅い

    honest

    堅果

    nut

    義理堅い

    possessed of a strong sense of duty

    用心堅固

    very cautious (watchful, vigilant)

    堅白同異

    sophism

    根の堅州国

    underworld

    堅太り

    solidly built person

    堅材

    hard wood

    道心堅固

    being of firm (unshakable) faith and strict practice

    要害堅固

    (a fortress being) impregnable

    底堅い

    stable (market) after having bottomed out

    堅っ苦しい

    formal

    堅苦しい

    formal

    堅信礼

    (the Christian sacrament of) confirmation

    堅塞固塁

    impregnable fortress

    堅塁

    stronghold

    堅城

    strong fortress

    意志堅固

    strong determination

    堅志

    iron purpose

    堅陣

    stronghold

    堅し

    hard

    お堅い

    prudish

    堅パン

    hard biscuits

    堅

    strength

    堅忍持久

    dogged perseverance

    堅忍不抜

    indomitable perseverance

    道徳堅固

    of strict morals (moral principles)

    金剛堅固

    firm and solid

    垣堅くして犬入らず

    a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside

    堅頭竜

    pachycephalosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Pachycephalosauria)

    志操堅固

    being faithful to one's principles

    堅炭

    hard charcoal

    堅雪

    snow with a frozen crust on top

    堅剛

    firm and unyielding

    貞操堅固

    chaste (usu. to one's husband)

    堅忍

    perseverance

    堅豆腐

    firm tofu

    堅牢堅固

    firm and solid

    堅牢

    solid

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    • 臣

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    • 堅果
    • 堅苦しい
    • 堅固
    • 堅持
    • 堅城
    • 堅陣
    • 堅調
    • 堅忍
    • 堅忍不抜
    • 堅物
    • 堅塁
    • 堅牢
    • 手堅い
    • 中堅
    • 中堅手
    • 堅実
    • 堅気
    • 堅人
    • 堅守
    • 底堅い
    • 口堅い
    • 物堅い
    • 堅太り
    • 堅木
    • 堅信礼
    • 堅炭
    • 義理堅い
    • 身持ちの堅い女
    • 堅い商売
    • 堅パン
    • 堅材
    • 堅志
    • 堅
    • 志操堅固
    • 要害堅固
    • 意志堅固
    • 堅忍持久
    • 堅白同異
    • 堅牢堅固
    • 金剛堅固
    • 道徳堅固
    • 道心堅固
    • 用心堅固
    • 口が堅い
    • 中堅企業
    • 堅剛
    • 米利堅
    • 堅信
    • 口の堅い
    • 堅頭竜
    • 根の堅州国
    • 堅雪
    • 堅し
    • 貞操堅固
    • 堅塞固塁
    • 垣堅くして犬入らず
    • お堅い
    • 堅っ苦しい
    • 堅豆腐
    • 堅州国
    • 堅強

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